David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the ''

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'' from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and

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, as well as

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s and

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s. Barry's honors include the

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(1988) and the

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(2005). Barry has defined a sense of humor as "a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge."

Early life and education

Barry was born in

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where his father, David W. Barry, was a

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minister. He was educated at Wampus Elementary School, Harold C. Crittenden Junior High School (both in Armonk), and Pleasantville High School, where he was elected "Class Clown" in 1965. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from

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in 1969. As an alumnus of a

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-affiliated college, he avoided military service during the

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by registering as a religious

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. Notwithstanding his father's vocation, Barry decided "early on" that he was an

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. He said, "The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes."

Writing career

Barry began his

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career in 1971, working as a general-assignment reporter for the ''

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'' in

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, near his alma mater, Haverford College. He covered local government and civic events and was promoted to City Editor after about two years. He also started writing a weekly humor column for the paper and began to develop his unique style. He remained at the newspaper through 1974. He then worked briefly as a

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at the

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's Philadelphia bureau before joining Burger Associates, a consulting firm. At Burger, he taught effective writing to business people. In his own words, he "spent nearly eight years trying to get various businesspersons to...stop writing things like 'Enclosed please find the enclosed enclosures,' but...eventually realized that it was hopeless."

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In 1981 he wrote a humorous guest column in ''

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'' about watching the birth of his son, which attracted the attention of

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, then an editor of the ''

''s Sunday magazine ''

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''. Weingarten hired Barry as a humor columnist in 1983. Barry's column was syndicated nationally. Barry won a

in 1988 for "his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns." Barry's first novel, '' Big Trouble'', was published in 1999. The book was adapted into a

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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, with a cameo by Barry (deleted in

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). The movie was originally due for release in September 2001 but was postponed following the

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because the story involved smuggling a

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onto an airplane. The film was released in April 2002. In response to a column in which Barry mocked the cities of

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, and

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, for calling themselves the "Grand Cities", Grand Forks named a sewage pumping station after Barry in January 2002. Barry traveled to Grand Forks for the dedication ceremony. Articles written by Barry have appeared in publications such as ''

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'', ''Home Office Computing'', and ''

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'', in addition to the ''

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'' inspirational book series. Two of his articles have been included in ''

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'' series. One of his columns was used as the introduction to the book ''Pirattitude!: So You Wanna Be a Pirate? Here's How!'' (), a follow-up to Barry's role in publicizing

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. On October 31, 2004, Barry announced that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence of at least a year from his weekly column to spend more time with his family. In December 2005, Barry said in an interview with ''

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'' that he would not resume his weekly column, although he would continue such features as his yearly gift guide, his year-in-review feature, and his blog, as well as an occasional article or column. In 2005, Barry won the

. On Sunday, September 22, 2013, the opening night of the 15th annual Fall for the Book festival in

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, Barry was awarded the event's highest honor, the Fairfax Prize, honoring outstanding literary achievement, presented by the Fairfax Library Foundation.

''Dave's World'' television series

From 1993 to 1997,

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broadcast the sitcom ''

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'' based on the books ''

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'' and ''Dave Barry's Greatest Hits''. The show starred

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as Barry and

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as his wife Beth. In an early episode, Barry appeared in a cameo role. After four seasons, the program was canceled shortly after being moved from its "coveted" Monday night slot to the "

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," so named because of its association with low viewership.

Music

During college, Barry was in a band called the Federal Duck. While at the ''Miami Herald'', he and several of his colleagues created a band called the Urban Professionals, with Barry on lead guitar and vocals. They performed an original song called "The

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Song" at the Tupperware headquarters in

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. Beginning in 1992, Barry played lead guitar in the

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, a rock band made up of published authors. ''(

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'' is a publishing term for a book that doesn't sell.) The band was founded by Barry's sister-in-law,

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, for an

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convention, and has also included

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, Roy Blount Jr.,

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, and Barry's brother

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, among others. The band's members "are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud," according to Barry. Several high-profile musicians, including

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, and

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, have performed with the band, and

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sat in at least once. The band's road tour resulted in the book ''Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude''. The Rock Bottom Remainders disbanded in 2012 following Goldmark's death from breast cancer. They have reunited several times, performing at the

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in 2016 and 2018.

Other activities

Beginning in 1984, Barry and ''Tropic'' editors

and

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have organized the

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(now the Herald Hunt), an annual

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in Miami. A

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, spinoff, the

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, began in 2008. Barry has run several mock campaigns for President of the United States, running on a

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platform. He has also written for the

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's national newsletter. The screen adaptation of Barry's book ''Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys'' was released in 2005; it is available on DVD.

Personal life

Barry married Lois Ann Shelnutt in 1969. He married Beth Lenox in 1976. Barry and Lenox worked together at the ''Daily Local News'', where they began their journalism careers on the same day in September 1971; they had one child, Robert, born October 8, 1980. Barry and Lenox divorced in 1993. Barry experienced tragedy in his family: his father and his youngest brother suffered from

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, and his father died in 1984; his sister Mary Katherine was institutionalized for

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; and his mother died by

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in 1987. In 1996, Barry married ''Miami Herald''

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; they had a daughter, Sophie, in 2000. Barry has had dogs named Goldie, Earnest, Zippy, and now Lucy. All have been mentioned regularly in Barry's columns.

Works

Non-fiction

* ''The Taming of the Screw'' (1983, with illustrator Jerry O'Brien) * ''Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months With Tools You Probably Have Around the Home'' (1984, with illustrator Jerry O'Brien) * ''Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead'' (1985, with illustrator Jerry O'Brien) * ''Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week'' (1986, with illustrator Jerry O'Brien) * ''Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex'' (1987 with illustrator Jerry O'Brien) * ''Homes and Other Black Holes'' (1988) * ''Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States'' (1989) * ''

'' (1990) * ''Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'' (1991) * ''Dave Barry's Guide to Life'' (1991) (includes ''Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex'', ''Babies and Other Hazards of Sex'', ''Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead'' and ''Claw Your Way to the Top'') * ''Dave Barry Does Japan'' (1992) * ''Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides'' (1994) * ''Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys'' (1996) * '' Dave Barry in Cyberspace'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1997) * '' Dave Barry Turns 50'' (1998) * ''Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway: A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions'' (2001) * ''"My Teenage Son's Goal in Life is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry'' (2001) * ''"The Greatest Invention in the History Of Mankind Is Beer" And Other Manly Insights From Dave Barry'' (2001) * ''Dave Barry's Money Secrets'' (2006) * ''Dave Barry on Dads'' (2007) * ''

Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far) ''Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)'' is a book written by humorist author Dave Barry and published in 2007 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The book is a collection of Barry's "Year in Review" articles for the years 2000 through 2006, as we ...

'' (2007) * '' I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood'' (2010) * ''You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About'' (2014) * ''Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry'' (2015) * ''Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland'' (2015) * ''For This We Left Egypt?: A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them'' (2017, with

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and

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) * ''Lessons from Lucy'' (2019) * ''A Field Guide to the Jewish People'' (2019, with

and

)

Collected columns

* ''Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book'' (1985) * ''Dave Barry's Greatest Hits'' (1988) * ''Dave Barry Talks Back'' (1991) * ''The World According to Dave Barry'' (1994) (includes ''Dave Barry Talks Back'', ''Dave Barry Turns 40'' and ''Dave Barry's Greatest Hits'') * ''Dave Barry is NOT Making This Up'' (1995) * ''Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus'' (1997) * ''Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2003)

Fiction

* '' Big Trouble'' (1999) * '' Tricky Business'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2004, with

) * ''

Peter and the Shadow Thieves ''Peter and the Shadow Thieves'' is a children's novel that was published by Hachette Books#Hyperion Books, Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, in 2006. Written by humorist Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson, the book i ...

'' (2006, with Ridley Pearson) * ''

Peter and the Secret of Rundoon ''Peter and the Secret of Rundoon'' is a children's novel that was published by Hyperion Books, a subsidiary of Disney, in 2007. Written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, the book is an unauthorized reimagining of ''Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wou ...

'' (2007, with Ridley Pearson) * '' Escape From the Carnivale'' (2006, with Ridley Pearson) * ''The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog'' (2006) * '' Cave of the Dark Wind'' (2007, with Ridley Pearson) * ''

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'' (2008, with Ridley Pearson) * ''

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'' (2009, with Ridley Pearson) * ''

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'' (2008, with Ridley Pearson) * '' The Bridge to Neverland'' (2011, with Ridley Pearson) * ''Lunatics'' (2012, with

) * ''Insane City'' (2013) * ''The Worst Class Trip Ever'' (2015) * ''The Worst Night Ever'' (2016) * ''Swamp Story'' (2023)

Film adaptations

* '' Big Trouble'' (2002) * ''Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys'' (2005) * ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' (Disney project, announced May 17, 2012. Release date TBA)

Collaborations

* ''Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Chords and an Attitude'' (1994) with

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Joel Selvin Joel Selvin (born February 14, 1950) is an American San Francisco-based music critic and author known for his weekly column in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', which ran from 1972 to 2009. Selvin has written books covering various aspects of p ...

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Tad Bartimus Tad or TAD may refer to: Places * Tad, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Tad City, Texas, a coastal unincorporated community located on Olsovsky Road (Suburb of Ganado, Texas, Ganado) * Tad, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran ...

Greil Marcus Greil Marcus (born June 19, 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a broader framework of culture and politics. Biography Marcus wa ...

Tabitha King Tabitha Jane King ( Spruce, born March 24, 1949) is an American author. Early life Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White; December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007) and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 ...

Michael Dorris Michael Anthony Dorris (January 30, 1945 – April 10, 1997) was an American novelist and Academia, scholar who was the first Chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College. His works include the novel ''A Yellow Raft in Blue ...

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Naked Came the Manatee ''Naked Came the Manatee'' () is a mystery thriller parody novel published in 1996. It is composed of thirteen chapters, each written by a different Miami-area writer. It was originally published as a serial in the ''Miami Herald's'' ''Tropic'' m ...

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Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen (; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for young-adult readers. Two of his no ...

Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thri ...

James W. Hall James W. Hall (born 1947) is an American author and professor from Florida. He has written eighteen novels, four books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a collection of essays.Edna Buchanan Edna Buchanan (née Rydzik, born March 16, 1939)About Edna Buchanan
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Les Standiford Les Standiford is an author and, since 1985, the Founding Director of the Florida International University Creative Writing Program in Miami, Florida. He also holds the Peter Meinke Chair in Creative Writing at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fl ...

Paul Levine Paul J. Levine (born January 9, 1948) is an American author of crime fiction, particularly legal thrillers. Levine has written 22 mystery novels which include two series of books known by the names of the protagonists. The ''Jake Lassiter'' ser ...

Brian Antoni Brian Antoni is the author of the novel ''South Beach: The Novel''. ''South Beach: The Novel'' is based on Antoni's firsthand knowledge of the resurgence of Miami Beach in the past two decades. His writing has also been included in the parody nov ...

Tananarive Due Tananarive Priscilla Due ( ) (born January 5, 1966) is an American author and educator. Due won the American Book Award for her novel '' The Living Blood''. She is also known as a film historian with expertise in Black horror. Due teaches a cours ...

John Dufresne John Dufresne (born January 30, 1948) is an American author of French Canadian descent born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in 1984. He is a professor in the Master of F ...

Vicki Hendricks Vicki Due Hendricks is an American author of crime fiction, erotica, and a variety of short stories. Background Hendricks was born in Covington, Kentucky, raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Florida in 1973. She earned a B.S. in English educ ...

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Stranger than Fiction (compilation album) ''Stranger Than Fiction'' is an album by various performers, most of whom are professional writers and amateur singers, released in 1998 on Kathi Kamen Goldmark's "Don't Quit Your Day Job" Records. This album is an offshoot of the Rock Bottom Rem ...

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